Marvel Select Vision! Animated Winter Soldier! Gallery Beta Ray Bill & Dr. Strange Statues!

Diamond Select Toys July 2022 Solicitations

If there hadn’t been an ongoing global pandemic, New York Toy Fair 2022 would have gone on as expected over last weekend. But there is, and it didn’t. Even so, Diamond Select Toys launched a quartet of new headliner Marvel collectibles last week—including the long-requested Marvel Select Vision figure, as well as Skottie Young Marvel Animated Winter Soldier and Marvel Gallery Beta Ray Bill & Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness PVC Statues!

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Marvel Gallery Psylocke & Animated Falcon Captain America Statues!

2022 Diamond Select Solicitations Psylocke Marvel Gallery and Marvel Babies Sam Wilson Captain America Statues

The long-running and prolific Marvel Gallery PVC statues series and Marvel Animated statues line (based on Skottie Young’s designs ) took a rare break last month with no new pieces solicited, but both lines are BACK with all-new entries as part of the Diamond Select Toys February 2022 solicitations: the Marvel Animated Sam Wilson Captain America statue and Marvel Gallery Psylocke statue are now up for pre-order!

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Marvel Gallery Nova Statue & Marvel Animated Scarlet Witch Statue Up for Order!

Marvel Animated Scarlet Witch Statue and Gallery Nova Statue

It’s been a long 19 months since it first debuted at pre-global pandemic New York Toy Fair 2020, but the most iconic member of the Nova Corps is finally ready to fly in as part of the Diamond Select Toys September 2020 solicitations: the Marvel Gallery Nova PVC statue is now up for order! And Richard Rider won’t be the only new value-priced fan favorite Marvel statue —the Gentle Giant Skottie Young styled Marvel Animated Scarlet Witch statue is also on the way!

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DST Marvel Premier Collection Cyclops Statue! Gallery Thor PVC! Animated Doc Ock!

Diamond Select Toys Marvel Premier Cyclops Statue Gallery Thor Animated Doc Ock

This week gave us a much-needed break with nary a new Hasbro Marvel Legends pre-order to be found (although the Loki Marvel Legends Sylvie figure was revealed), but it also brought us one of my favorite days of every month: new Diamond Select Toys solicitations day! And along with a plethora of Marvel Select reissues, DST is ready to seize statue fans wallets with three all-new items across a wide spectrum: the Marvel Premier Collection Cyclops Statue, Gallery Thor PVC statue and Animated Doc Ock bust are all now up for order!

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DST Marvel Animated Gamora Premier Collection Lizard & Gallery Wolverine Statues!

Diamond Select Toys Gamora Lizard Wolverine Statues January 2021

A new year is upon us in 2021, but even with the new year and the president, we can still rest assured that the consistency of a new round of Diamond Select Toys Marvel solicitations will come each and every month. And this month, while there’s no Marvel Select figure news, there are new additions for fans of the rest of DST’s lines: the Marvel Animated Gamora statue, Premier Collection Lizard statue and Marvel Gallery Wolverine PVC figure are all now up for order!

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Marvel Animated Doctor Doom & Premier Collection Old Man Logan Statues! DST

Marvel Animated Doctor Doom Statue and Marvel Premier Collection Old Man Logan

It’s a weird time to be a DC Direct collector, as DC Direct decided to cut ties with Diamond Distributors this week. Luckily, all is peachy as usual in the world of Diamond Select Toys Marvel collectibles—and in fact, DST even closed out this week with the announcement of two all-new statue solicitations! Skottie Young and Wolverine fans will all be happy: Marvel Animated Doctor Doom and Marvel Premier Collection Old Man Logan statues are now up for order!

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Toy Fair: Marvel Animated Busts & Statues: X-Men & Spider-Man! (Diamond Select)

Toy Fair 2020 DST Marvel Animated Busts and Statues

Two Marvel topics guaranteed to get me warm and fuzzy are Marvel mini busts and the various 90s animated cartoon series (headlined by the X-Men and Spider-Man cartoons). I never thought those two facets would come together—but thanks to Diamond Select Toys, now they have! The low-priced Jim Lee Cyclops bust kicking off the line just shipped out, with guaranteed hits like Wolverine and Magneto coming up fast. And at Toy Fair, DST expanded their offerings further by debuting Spider-Man, Deadpool, Mysterio and more!

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Marvel Gallery Jigsaw & Animated Doctor Strange DST Statues Up for Order!

Marvel Gallery Jigsaw Star-Lord and Marvel Animated Doctor Strange Babies

Earlier today I talked about two of Diamond Select Toys’ big surprises from their new solicitations in the form of a movie Taskmaster figure and their upcoming Archangel statue’s price-tag, but there was one more major surprise in the listings—a statue of a character I never in my life expected to see a statue of: the Marvel Gallery Jigsaw PVC statue is now up for order! And he’s not coming alone—value-priced Animated Doctor Strange and a comics Marvel Gallery Star-Lord reissue are on the way as well…

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Marvel Premier Collection Vision & Animated Deadpool Diorama Statues!

Diamond Select Toys Vision & Animated Deadpool Statues 2020

I don’t believe I’ve ever talked about two statues as expensive as the Sideshow Juggernaut Maquette and Iron Studios Sentinel Diorama in one week before, so today let’s turn the focus toward some more reasonably-priced pieces from Diamond Select Toys that are available to more than just the absolute most affluent collectors. They debuted at NYCC 2019 last month, and the Marvel Premier Collection Vision statue and Skottie Young Deadpool Animated statue are now up for order!

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NYCC 2019: Marvel Animated Dr. Strange Elektra & Deadpool Statues!

NYCC 2019 Marvel Animated Doctor Strange Statue

When Diamond Select Toys acquired Gentle Giant last winter, my number one fear was that it might mean the end of the long-running Skottie Young Marvel Babies Animated statues series. Thankfully, the line has actually thrived under DST with a … Continue Reading →

DST Thanos Bust! Miles Morales Statue! Animated Black Panther!

Diamond Select Toys Marvel 2020 Statues Solicitations

We can virtually always count on Diamond Select Toys to present us with an eclectic mix of Marvel collectibles in each month’s solicitations, and this month’s are no exception. On the resin front, we’ve got three totally different resin items from three totally different styles and lines. The Diamond Select Toys Animated Black Panther Statue, 1:2 Scale Thanos Bust and Premier Collection Miles Morales are now up for order! Which are worth keeping an eye on (if any)…?

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Marvel Animated Spider-Man/Venom Statue & Ghost Rider Bust!

Marvel Animated Spider-Man Venom Statue and Ghost Rider Bust

After Diamond Select Toys acquired Gentle Giant Ltd. earlier this year, there were some early trepidations that it might be curtains for some of Gentle Giant’s long-running Marvel lines such as their busts and Skottie Young Babies. Luckily, it’s ended up being business as usual with a fairly steady string of new items being solicited this spring and summer. And now, the latest entries for both those respective lines have appeared: the Gentle Giant Ghost Rider Bust and Animated Spider-Man & Venom Statue are now up for order!

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Marvel Animated Captain Marvel & Premier Collection Statues!

Diamond Select Marvel Animated Captain Marvel Premier Collection Statue

When Diamond Select Toys announced their acquisition of Gentle Giant Ltd. a few months back, it left the fates of a number of popular Gentle Giant lines open-ended. I feared for the future of my favorite ongoing series of Skottie Young-inspired mini-statues, but us Marvel Babies fans can all breathe a sigh of relief: the line is continuing, and a Marvel Animated Captain Marvel Statue with huge price reduction and edition size cut is now up for order! And that’s not all for Carol fans—there’s a Premier Collection Captain Marvel resin statue as well!

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Diamond Select Toys Purchases Gentle Giant Ltd.!

Gentle Giant Marvel Animated Wolveine & Collectors Gallery Old Man Logan Statues

New York Toy Fair 2019 begins in four more days, but we’ve already got the first mega-ton headline news of the week: long-time statue maker Gentle Giant Ltd. has been purchased by Diamond Select Toys! Astute collectors (or ones who are really obsessed like me) probably noticed that there haven’t been any new resin Marvel Animated or Collector Gallery Statues revealed in a while, and now we know why! Read on for the E-Mail announcing the big news…

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Gentle Giant Cable Bust & Marvel Animated Storm Statue!

Marvel Animated Storm Statue and Cable Mini Bust Gentle Giant Ltd

The flame of the once mighty Marvel mini busts collecting world has all but gone out following the end of Bowen Designs a few years back, but Gentle Giant Ltd. is still fighting the good fight with an occasional bust or two. And after debuting it at SDCC 2018, they’ve made good on the promise of their next bust: the Gentle Giant Cable mini bust is now up for order! Oh, and fear not, Skottie Young fans: the Marvel Animated Storm Statue is ready to PO as well!

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